Audi A5 - 2010
225.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2010 is 296.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Audi A5, model year 2010.
Sample size: 11,666 cars, 26,770 tests and 60,356 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 11,666 cars
The 2010 Audi A5 has a lower overall defect rate compared to the yearly average, with 225 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 23% better than the average of 294 defects. Notably, the A5 performs exceptionally well in several categories, including brakes, steering, and lights and electrics, with significantly lower failure rates than the average car. Mileage-related trends show an increase in defects as mileage rises, particularly in the highest mileage category, but overall, the A5 maintains a strong reliability record. Overall, this model demonstrates robust performance in key areas while showing an overall lower defect rate compared to its peers.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 11,666 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 35.9% better
73.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 114.9 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 70.4% better
5.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.9 / 100 tests
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 15.2% better
19.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 22.4 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 53.5% better
36.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 77.6 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Headlamp levelling device inoperative
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 5.1% better
270.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 285.3 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 41.0% better
21.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 36.3 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 55.6% better
3.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.1 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 33.7% better
21.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 32.3 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 9,339
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,677
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,168
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,043
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,862
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,693
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,251
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,756
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,568
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,198
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,198
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,176
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,130
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 929
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 579
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 470
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 400
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 391
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 351
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 329